Chapter 132 – 14. People I Met in the Holy Empire

Ariel Grande.

An SS-class warrior of the Holy Vishra Empire, she was a beauty in her late twenties with silver hair that looked very good on her.

However, as she approaches 30, she has never been in love, let alone in a relationship.

It was unavoidable.

Even before she was brought to this dimension as a hero, she was a hero from another dimension.

She was born as the illegitimate daughter of a frontier aristocrat, grew up ordinary, then was chosen by a god and defeated her demon lord as a warrior. She said that was in her early twenties, and it took her a lot of hardship to get there. And she was called by her goddess less than a week after she defeated the Demon King.

Still, Ariel didn’t care. A normal person would have been embarrassed by her, but she accepted it as it was and did her best in her own work. And with the talent of another-dimensional hero, she quickly rose to the rank of SS-class hero.

And a few more years passed, and I was in my late 20s. For her, who spent her whole life in arduous training and fierce battles, her romance and love are all luxury. No, to be precise, everyone was having a hard time with her.

‘Am I not attractive?’

Ariel, who couldn’t take a hard look at herself, couldn’t help but think that way.

She later said she guessed it.

Everyone sees you as very special.

She was only seeing herself as a warrior, not a single woman.

‘I’m not special at all.’

It was intended that those who repented of their sins because of her, and on the contrary, would listen and cry.

But Ariel was as serious as Ariel.

Wouldn’t it be like living her whole life alone, let alone dating? Until she died, it was okay that she wielded her weapon as a warrior, killing the evil and saving the good. But wouldn’t she be too miserable if she was alone until then?

Now, she was slowly giving up.

‘Even the S-class hero Beltant, the man closest to me, sees me as special, what kind of man will treat me as a woman?’

I don’t know if half of the world is male, but this is a reversed world.

One out of five people, let alone half, are men, and they are passive and feminine. This was the only thing that made her resent the goddess summoned here. At least, if the characters were normal, they would have had even the slightest hope.

But today was a little different.

“Then Ariel. See you tomorrow.”

“Yes. Hansol too.”

On the way to the room after breaking up with Kim Han-sol.

Ariel’s mind was filled with a man’s face.

“…”

She was so good at hiding herself that even her best friend and colleague Han Sol didn’t notice. It was also because her eyes were blurred when Hansol was drunk and drunk.

Ariel’s expression, which remained calm until the end in her hallway, collapsed as soon as she took off her heavy armor and threw herself on her bed. Her lips part, her cheek muscles relax.

Hehe♡”

A funny smile and a face that became a woman.

If anyone who knew Ariel saw the scene, it was so unusual that she would first suspect her identity rather than congratulate her on her missing love.

“Shiwoo-nim…”

The board of an SS-class warrior is the name that comes out softly between the lips, Han Si-woo.

In Ariel’s hand was the necklace he had just given to her as a gift.

Ironically, this was the first accessory Ariel received from a man in her nearly 30 years of life. A necklace that was not received in a way like gifting or reciprocation, but was received purely out of goodwill or affection. So the meaning was different.

“He was a really nice guy.”

She murmured with laughter.

His likable eyes turned to her necklace, and he couldn’t think of anything except Han Siu.

Although it hadn’t fully bloomed yet, it was unmistakably a feeling close to love between a man and a woman. However, Ariel, who was inexperienced in her relationship, did not notice it. Instead, she thought of him, and she thought of the only man in her original world who had been stroking her hair.

“Dad…”

Then, startled, she got herself up and looked around her, relieved to remember that this was her room.

“Whoa. Anyway, it’s a little embarrassing.”

A grown woman looking for her father.

Still, she couldn’t help it.

Her ideal type was her father.

A father who stroked the hair of his daughter, who was struggling with the heavy pressure of being a hero, and told her that you were his daughter before you were a hero, and that you can always lean on her and act foolishly when times are tough. He is a person who has already died of old age and cannot be seen even if he goes to the original world.

It was.

She wanted to play a fool.

‘You said I was an ordinary girl…’

Maybe I could lean on him.

Wouldn’t it be possible to make one’s mind at ease while being childish?

Pounding. Pounding.

Ariel closed her eyes pleasantly, clutching her chest as her heart raced.

She somehow seemed to be able to get a good night’s sleep today.

“Ahhhhh …”

“Oh, are you awake?”

Siwoo turned his head at the loud noise and smiled at Elaine.

It was almost noon when he woke up and must have been fairly drunk.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“As soon as I woke up, I got rid of my hangover with divine magic…”

“Haha. I’m glad.”

“Ugh, I’m so sorry I messed with you yesterday…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It could be. Rather, it was fresh and fun.”

At those words, Elaine banged her head on Siu’s shoulder. Her face, as red as yesterday, begged me not to comment anymore, but Siu didn’t stop. He wasn’t kidding for him, but he was sincere too, and it was especially funny.

“This is also fun and good. Shall we have a drink together next time without using anything?”

“Siwoo-sama is really…”

Hildear, who was next to the two of them, clung to Shiu’s opposite arm.

“Me too… Will you hug me?”

“Of course not.”

A party where you can purely enjoy drinking without resorting to magic or divine power. Just imagining it seemed like a lot of fun. Siwoo, who knew that he had a lot of alcohol, was confident in his own way.

At that time, the door Elaine had just entered opened and a girl rushed in.

“I passed!!”

“Wow.”

A blonde girl with a pale face and fluttering hair.

It was Gwen Washdish inside an artificial chimera body that mimicked the appearance of her ghostly state.

She hugged Siu tightly behind her back and rubbed her face.

“Oh, did you pass? Great.”

“Yeah! They said it was a special treatment, so they inspected it quickly and finished it quickly!”

Gwen, who came over to the Holy Empire with Siu Party yesterday, went through the fitness test as scheduled. As usual, she would have to go through complicated procedures and do a lot of additional work, but as she said, she was given special treatment.

Needless to say, Siwoo was the reason. The best promising hero and saint candidate, now confirmed as a saint, his guarantee was an absolute hindsight for quite a few ghosts. It was also thanks to her true power being unknown.

“What’s the result?”

“Huh? Did you pass?”

“No, not like that.”

Gwen is still talking while hugging her tightly from behind.

Siu, well aware that her naivety and stupidity could not understand her own words, instead of asking her, she looked at Rosalyn, who had entered with her Gwen.

“I brought a document with detailed information, so if you have any questions, please refer to it. It’s a bit large. Let me tell you the important things first. Ghosts are classified as Undead.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yes. It’s a bit unexpected, but…”

Ghost. Among the ghost-type Undead, it is a monster that belongs to the lower ranks.

Considering that there are evil spirits or spirits that have not yet turned into monsters, it is the lowest level as a monster, even if it is not known as a necromancer. This was the reason why the test results came out in one day along with Siwoo’s guarantee.

“I’m surprised…”

The powers that Gwen displayed in her mansion were clearly of the upper ranks.

Because the war and poltergeist within the realm of control belonged to the ghost side, not the necromancer. Even so, it was very strange that he was only a ghost.

“In simple classification, it’s a Ghost, but it’s said that it has very strong characteristics as an Earthly Spirit.”

“As the Underworld Spirit…”

“Aha. It means that I can only use my abilities in the mansion.”

“Ugh.”

Gwen let out a short moan at the correct point.

“I see… Then maybe the reason I can’t use my power right now is…”

“Yes. Rather than a matter of the body…”

Just because i’m weak

No matter how different the magic as a necromancer and the ability as a ghost are, the two are inevitably closely related. Just as her being a ghost is the power of a necromancer, necromancy is ultimately drawing out based on her ghostly power.

“…Sorry I couldn’t help…”

Said Gwen in a sullen voice.

“…”

Siwoo was speechless at the thought that perhaps because of that, he was clinging to her back without even showing her face. She was often cheeky, but at times like this, she was also a cute little kid. Although she is much older than her size.

“…Haha. It’s okay.”

“Really…?”

“Yeah. It was your condition to let me join the hero’s party from the beginning, right?

Siu was sincere.

It was unfortunate that he couldn’t use a high-level necromancer, but it wasn’t that there wasn’t a way.

It’s okay if you really can’t use it as a full force. In the first place, Gwen had an unexpected power, and Siu roughly thought of talents to attract. Even if they are alone, it is a great force.

‘Besides, she said, just having Gwen on our side reduces the power of the demons.’

Following Siwoo, Rosalyn and Elaine, and Hildear also gave a word of comfort to Gwen.

As he said, the girls also became quite close with Gwen and became attached to him. But she couldn’t deal with it calmly just because she wasn’t strong enough.

“Everyone…”

Gwen’s watery voice.

“Then will you have sex?”

“…Ok?”

But what followed were words that shattered the atmosphere.

“Even if I can’t help you, can I have sex? Will you? Huh?”

“…”

“…You are really…”

Siu sighed deeply.

He must use Gwen’s power, he vowed.